Rock and Shift is the first major book on the work of artist Suzanne McClelland, who in 2006 was awarded both the Nancy Graves Award and the AXA Artist Award. Rock and Shift includes drawings made specifically for the book, an introduction by Sue Scott, a poem by Barry Schwabsky, and an essay by Carol Kino, as well as reproductions of fifty-six unique works on paper that were created in the summer of 2006 in collaboration with One Eye Pug.

Using monotype, stencil, collage, and hand painting, these works on paper are the culmination of a seven-year project comprising prints, paintings, and installation pieces that investigate the gap between public perception and the private person. Included are the "OOO" paintings named for prominent women, including Hillary Clinton, Condoleezza Rice, Oprah Winfrey, Martha Stewart, and Roseanne Barr as well as reproductions from McClelland's earlier exhibitions Out of Character, Well Hung, and Team Play Her.

This book brings all of these pieces together for the first time in one place.

Suzanne McClelland was born in Jacksonville, Florida in 1959. She received her BFA from the University of Michigan (1981) and her MFA from the School of Visual Arts, New York (1989). McClelland received a Pollock-Krasner grant in 2001 and was a resident artist at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (ME) in 1999. In 2006, celebrated-artist Elizabeth Murray selected McClelland for the AXA Artist Award, a distinguished grant offered to important emerging or under-recognized artists. Her artwork is found in numerous public collections, such as the Museum of Modern Art, N.Y., Whitney Museum of American Art, Walker Art Center, New York Public Library, Miami Art Museum, and Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego.